Provident Institution for Savings in the Town of Boston
First savings bank to be incorporated in the United States.
From the description of Records, 1816-1980. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 39725596
Financial institution.
Provident Institution for Savings was founded in 1816, largely at the insistence of John Cheverus, the Catholic Bishop of Boston, who wanted to provide for his parishioners. The bank was the first in the United States to be incorporated.
From the description of Provident Institution for Savings Records, 1816-1966. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 35863177
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Provident Institution for Savings in the Town of Boston. Provident Institution for Savings records, 1816-1873; bulk:1817-1823. | Massachusetts Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Thorndike, Israel, 1755-1832. Business records, 1778-1899 (inclusive). | Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library | |
| referencedIn | Dane, Dana & Company records, 1796-1880 | Baker Library, Harvard Business School | |
| creatorOf | Provident Institution for Savings in the Town of Boston. Provident Institution for Savings Records, 1816-1966. | Boston College. John J. Burns Library | |
| creatorOf | Provident Institution for Savings in the Town of Boston. Records, 1816-1980. | Boston Athenaeum | |
| referencedIn | [Boston merchants : a collection of advertisements, commemorative pamphlets, and annual reports of Boston businesses, bound together]. | Boston College. John J. Burns Library | |
| referencedIn | Lowell, John, 1769-1840. Letters, 1833-1834. | Boston Athenaeum |
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| associatedWith | Cheverus, Jean-Louis-Anne-Madeleine Lefebre de, 1768-1836. | person |
| associatedWith | Dane, Dana & Company | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Eliot, John, Jr. | person |
| associatedWith | Lowell, John, 1769-1840. | person |
| associatedWith | Phelps, Sewell. | person |
| associatedWith | Savage, James, 1784-1873. | person |
| associatedWith | Temple Place Proprietors (Boston, Mass.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Thorndike, Israel, 1755-1832. | person |
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